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The 1820 Rising
The Radical War
by James Halliday

Foreword by Peter D. Wright, Illustrations by Jeff Fallow
Printed and Published by:
Scots Independent Newspapers Limited
51 Cowane Street, Stirling, FK8 JW8
1993
ISBN 0 951820 4 2

To
John Murphy
A Modern Paisley Radical
Honorary Vice-President
1820 Society

Contents
Foreword
The 1820 Rising
Appendix 1.
Appendix 2.
Appendix 3.
Appendix 4.
Appendix 5.
Appendix 6.
Appendix 7.
Appendix 8.
Appendix 9.
Appendix 10.		 Peter D. Wright
James Halliday
1820 Rising Chronological Survey
Spirit of the Union
1820 Rising Proclamation
Authorities response to 1820 Proclamation
Greenock casualties
Bonnymuir
Scottish Radicals transported following 1820 Rising
1993 Tribute to 1820 Radicals - Ian Bayne
Letter from Thomas McCulloch to his wife 12th October 1821
The 1820 Society
I am glad to hear that my countrymen are resolved to act like men. We are seeking nothing but the rights of our forefathers - liberty is not worth having, if it is not worth fighting for.

James 'Purlie' Wilson
April 1820

My suffering countrymen! I remain under the firm conviction and I die a Martyr in the cause of Truth and Justice, and in the hope that you will soon succeed in the cause which I took up arms to defend.

Andrew Hardie
August 1820

They never fail who die in a great cause
The block may soak their gore;
Their heads may sodden in the run:
Their limbs be strung to city gate and castle walls,
But still their spirits walk abroad!

Byron
Some additional pages on people involved in the 1820 rebellion can be found at:
  • James Perlie Wilson
    Regardless of that I am a Wilson of the family of the Radical's Andrew Wilson with a recorded family tree dating to the 14th century to prove it, and I hold actual hard and fast documents belonging to the Radical Andrew Wilson which shed light on the story - and these together with family tales from a Wilson of James Wilson's tree and from a descendant of Benjamin Moir amongst others - my work is original and was written solely from records taken from the Mitchell Library and from NO work currently in print. David Cramb Wilson BA MIP MIDE